This week was not really the greatest. Not many appointments. Just lots of go-bys.
Last Monday was pretty great. It was P-day and we played
soccer for about 4 hours in a park. It felt nice to be worn out. We had the entire District so there were a
total of 8 people. It was a ton of fun
and it got intense. Later that day, we
all went back to the Church building nearby and played some games until we all
had to leave. Elder Trippe and I got
home later and we were changing into some pajamas for the night. He tells me that he wants to go and do some
laundry so we walk out the door. Our apartment
is on the top floor and we have to go into the basement to get to the washing
machines. We walk out and I start to throw the door shut behind me and he
yells, "Wait, wait, wait!!!!" I
turn around and try to stop the door but it closes before I could stop it. Awww Crap....
We left our keys inside the apartment. It can't get any worse than this right? Wrong.
We also left our phone inside. It was
also 8:30 at night and we were in our Pajamas. We end up going downstairs and knocking on the
neighbor's doors. We start at the bottom
and ring one doorbell. It makes the dog
in the apartment next to us start barking.
Two people answer the doors at once. I didn't know who to talk to so I kept looking
back and forth asking if they had the phone number to the landlord. Luckily, the landlord was in our ward, and
now lives about 20-30 minutes away in Essen. Anyway, we get his number from the one who had
it while the other neighbor shuts his door. We then ask the lady who gave us his number if
she had a phone we could use. She said
that she did not have one. We then knock
on the other neighbor's door again and ask if we could use his phone. He says sure and invites us in. Elder Trippe calls Bruder Daniilakis and then
we wait upstairs for 30 minutes, just chilling there. He eventually comes and we thank him a ton and
apologize. We go inside and just go to
bed.
On Wednesday, we went by a potential investigator named Herr
Kowsky. He was a referral and he asked
for a Book of Mormon. That was about a
month ago. We go by to check up on him
and he says, "I was in Utah visiting a friend and something about the
Mormons got me super interested. I was
intrigued and I wanted to learn more. I
was only there for 10 days and it left an impression. I already read the Book
of Mormon through and I see many similarities to the Bible. I have a couple questions. I am Evangelist but I am ready to convert once
I get these answers. I also plan on
coming to church this Sunday so we can just talk right after Church." Elder Trippe and I were just like Whoa!, Ok
then. This guy seems super promising. We
give him the church address and the time it starts and we tell him we will see
him Sunday.
Saturday comes along and we did some garden work at Bishop's
house. We trimmed hedges and uprooted
vines with huge thorns and weeded out their garden plot. It was pretty fun. It was a lot better than all the moving
projects that we have been doing the past two months or so. Bishop then buys a ton of pizza and I am just
pounding it. I ended up eating about a pizza
and a half because I didn't have a good breakfast. I then remembered that we had an eating
appointment in 2 hours. What have I
done? I thought to myself. We then end up going to the appointment and we
ate tons of food. The Strohmire family
is super great. They just make way too
much food and then expect us to be like the missionaries in the past and eat it
all. I was dying. We eventually come home for the night.
Sunday came along and Herr Kowsky did not show up sadly
:( We had great Sunday meetings and then went to
the Ziegner family for lunch/dinner. It
was super great.
So that was just about the week. All the other day's were just go-bys to Less
Actives or Potentials. This last week
though I have read a lot in the Book of Mormon. I really love this book. It is super cool! If you find reading church stuff boring, I
don't blame you. It sure has its
moments, but just wait until you get to Alma. That is when it really starts to get great! Everything before is great also, but the Book
of Alma gets really exciting when you read about the wars. I learned a lot in all those chapters. I also learned that when you read the Book of
Mormon with a goal or with a purpose, you learn a ton more. I really love it and my testimony about it has
grown a ton since I went into the MTC and until now. I know it is the word of God. It has changed my life and the life of
millions of others and it can change yours if you let it. Only good will come from it. If you have not yet read it, try it. Experiment on its words. Read Alma Chapter 32. This is a cool parable about
comparing the Word of God to a seed and planting this seed in your heart. It is awesome!
You guys are all super! I love you all and I can't wait to Skype home
this week!
Here is a photo of my Humble Shower for those of you who
wanted to know what that is. The toilet broke last week. It's starting to leak.
Elder Grow
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